The NLRB ruled the cleaners must be rehired and get back-pay

Workers and small-business owners differ on the impact of the $1 increase

Juneteenth, or June 19 1865, is a celebration of the day that slavery finally ended in America. This year’s celebration comes on the 24th day ...

Unionized workers at Newark Liberty International Airport are calling on lawmakers to pass legislation giving them enough of a raise to afford health insurance, saying ...

One day after thousands of 32BJ janitors and commercial cleaners voted to authorize a strike, marched and rallied for a fair deal, the union and ...

The state director of 32BJ SEIU's message to contractors? His union of 7,000 workers, who clean some 500 office buildings in New Jersey, would walk off their jobs ...

The union is also focusing on immigration rights, income inequality and other issues facing low wage laborers.

Assemblyman Singleton wants to create a pilot program to give freelance and contract workers health and workers comp insurance, retirement and paid time off benefits.

A fight over what's fair. School funding reform may be caught in legislative cross fire. Republicans bucking a democratic deal. Should employment benefits belong to ...

Proposals and personalities clash in the last televised Republican gubernatorial debate before the June 6 primary. Were any undecided voters swayed? Protests on behalf of ...

The people who are subcontracted to clean the plane cabins, check for weapons and perform other tasks now support a new bill that would pay ...

More than 1,000 union laborers, immigrants and advocates gathered at Liberty State Park for a May Day rally focused on immigration and President Trump's agenda.

Misbehaving in the not-so-friendly skies. Can lawmakers legislate how airlines treat their customers? Can U.S. senators block President Trump's executive order that could lead to ...

Workers called for higher pay at Newark Airport to bring it in line with the wages the two New York airports pay. A union rep ...

Prison time for two of Gov. Christie's former appointees in the Bridgegate scandal. As that was unfolding, the governor was at Donald Trump's side accepting ...

President Trump is empowering the Department of Homeland Security to carry out his executive order on immigration. Memos released today call for swift action in ...

Restricted seating at Newark Penn Station. Who's being targeted? And is limiting access to a public place legal? Pulling stop-gap rental assistance for those chronically ...

A coalition of workers’ unions rallied on the steps of Newark City Hall and marched to oppose the Trump administration’s Labor secretary nominee, Andrew Puzder, ...

Trump's nominee for Labor secretary withdraws from contention. What does it mean for the resistance movement? He promised to act swiftly. Christie signs anti-opioid legislation ...

Hundreds of airport and food service workers marched outside Newark Liberty International Airport from Terminal B to Terminal C in a fight for a minimum ...